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19th July 2016 Sol 1405
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/07/19/19th-july-2016-sol-1405/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on July 19, 2016 MSL is back and working as normal. This MastCam picture shows that even at this early stage of the dust season (ls = 190 ie we haven’t reached perihelion of Mars orbit yet) the crater rim is becoming obscured.
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12th August 2016 Sol 1428
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/08/12/12th-august-2016-sol-1428/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 12, 2016 Our latest drill hole – Marimba – has a distinctly reddish colour. This probably means it has a lot of ferric oxide in it.
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4th October 2016 Sol 1480
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/10/04/4th-october-2016-sol-1480/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 4, 2016 This MAHLI mosaic view of Curiosity and Murray Butte no. 12 is where we have just been drilling Quela – the 14th drillhole on Mars.
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Fossils solve mystery of how life moved onto land
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/fossils-solve-mystery-of-how-life-moved-onto-land
A collection of Scottish fossils which solve the mystery of how vertebrate life came to move from water to land will be displayed in a new exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland entitled Fossil Hunters: Unearthing the Mystery of Life on Land running from Friday 19...
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TEDxLeicester to take satellite technology one step beyond
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/tedxleicester-to-take-satellite-technology-2018one-step-beyond2019
Some of the innovative and cutting-edge applications that satellite technology and its data are being put to will be explored in a TEDxLeicester event in partnership with the University of Leicester and the National Space Centre.
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My experience with moving from Industry to doing a PhD by Ritika Shukla
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2021/01/07/my-experience-with-moving-from-industry-to-doing-a-phd-by-ritika-shukla/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on January 7, 2021 I graduated with a degree in Aerospace Engineering MEng from the University of Leicester back in 2015.
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Training? Who needs it?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2017/11/01/training-who-needs-it/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on November 1, 2017 Recently, whilst talking to a trainer in one of the UK police forces, he mentioned how their staff trained in police driving techniques had to undergo regular refresher training.
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Coaching
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2016/06/13/coaching/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on June 13, 2016 “We don’t see the world as it is, we see it as we are”. It would appear that at the moment the world is full of coaches; no, not the type you travel in.
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Do we really get what we pay for?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2017/01/26/do-we-really-get-what-we-pay-for/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on January 26, 2017 Donald Trump and Brexit have both been capturing the headlines of late. In a democratic process the USA voted for Trump as President and the UK decided to leave the European Union.
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Caring for our Special Collections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2015/08/06/caring-for-our-special-collections/
Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on August 6, 2015 Visitors to Special Collections often ask how we preserve the rare books, manuscripts and archives in our collection. Much of what we do could be described as preventative care.